The Blumenthals talk marriage

In its second ad, gay rights coalition New Yorkers United for Marriage has a Nassau County couple making the case for same-sex marriage, saying of their gay son and his partner, “it would give us such great joy to walk them down the aisle.”

“More New Yorkers support marriage for committed gay and lesbian couples than ever before and we want to make sure they are heard,” said Brian Ellner, New York’s Senior Strategist for the Human Rights Campaign. “The ad and mailers are intended to amplify the voices of the majority of New Yorkers.”

The ad, as well as the transcript, are below.

Iris Blumenthal: We’ve been married for 47 years and have 2 sons. Our older son is straight and has been married for 15 years. Our youngest son is gay and has been in a committed relationship for 11 years. A good marriage is thinking about and caring for the other person even more than you care about yourself and we’ve seen this in Jonathan and Eric’s relationship to each other. They’re a wonderful couple, they’re a caring couple. It would give us such great joy to walk them down the aisle and see them get married.